People around here are well aware of the risk of burglary. When a friend of mine died last summer (not an extremely close friend) my wife and I "babysat" the deceased's house during the first half of the wake, and another couple stayed there during the second half. (I use the term "wake" very loosely. I really mean "visitation" at the funeral home.) My son, age 17, who didn't really know the deceased, stayed at the house during the funeral. I don't think the deceased's home address was mentioned in the newspaper, but it would have been easy enough to find out by anyone who was determined.